Sohow I gotintoprogrammingis a bitofanoldstory, and I thinkit's quitedifferentfrommostpeoplegetintoprogrammingbecause I wentfromstudyingexercisescience, too.
Computerscience.
How I gotintoitwas I'vealwaysbeeninterestedinthegymandmostlybuildingmuscleandreallyanythingrelated.
I startedlookingintowhetherthey'reanygoodworkouttrackingAPSout.
Anditturnedoutno, I foundthattherewere a lotofworkouttrackingappsoutthere.
Buttherewere, inmyopinion, atleast, nogreatworkaftertheywereallreallyclutteredwithstuff I didn't wantandespeciallytheyweremissingfeaturesthat I knewwerereallyimportant.
So a bitannoyedthatthisdidn't exist, I kindofthought, Well, maybe I shouldmakeone.
I mean, howhardcoulditbe?
Keepinmindthatatthistime I didn't reallyknowwhatprogrammingWaasand I'm notreally a biggameras I playgamesmaybeonceorthreetimesperyear, and I alsodon't reallyconsidermyselfverygoodwithcomputers.
Andatthistime I thoughtthatprogrammingwassomethingthatyouhadtolearnfromwhenyouwerelikethree.
Inspiteofthis, I stillforsomeunknownreason, thoughtthatitwouldn't bethathard.
So I gotsetupforsomeEyeWestdevelopment.
Andthen I justwatchedYouTubevideosonhowtobuildthings.
I mean, howhardcoulditbe?
Turnsoutafterabouttwohoursofwatchingvideos, thatitseemedextremelyhardand a bitoutofreach.
So I quit.
Then, afterabouttwomonthsorso, I stillhadthethoughtnaggingmeabouthowgreatitwouldbeif I hadthisappthat I wasdreamingabout.
So I gotbackintoitforanothermonthortwo, and I actuallymanagedtopublishanapptotheAPPstorecalledCompounded, anditwascompletelyunrelatedtotheworkouttrackingapp.
I wantedtobuild, however, afterhavingpublisheditandrealizingthat I spentwaytoomuchtimebuildingthisreally, reallysimpleact.
Andwhilesimultaneouslybeinginlesssixmonthsofmybachelor's degreeandalsoworkingparttime, I justslowlystop.
But I knowatthisstagethatthiswassomethingthat I wantedtodo, and I'vealwayslovedcreativethingsandbuildingstuff.
Buildingsoftwarewassomethingthat I knew I couldjustspendhoursandhoursdoing.
So I finishedmybachelor's degreeinexercisescience, andthen I hadsignedupforanotherbachelorsdegree, thistimeinsoftwareengineering.
Andduringthesummerbeforeschoolstarted, I lookedintowhatthecourseliteraturewasgonnabe, andtheyrecommendedthebookJavaHeadfirst.
So I boughtthebookabout a monthbeforeschoolstarted.
It's a bigbook.
It's about 600 pages, sobutit's extremelywellstructuredandeasytoread.
Okay, soreally, thethreemonthsstartingfromwhen I gotthebook, because I reallydidn't learnmuchbeforethat I wasveryunstructuredandjustallovertheplace, withhow I wastryingtolearnit.
Soreally, eventhoughonecouldarguethat I musthavelearnedsomethingduringthistime.
I wouldarguethatanyonecanreplicatethethreemonthsthat I'm abouttoexplaintoyouandget a jobwithrelativeease.
Allright, so I'vegotthebook, and I figuredoutthatif I read 20 pagesperday, I wouldbefinishedwiththebookbythetimeschoolstarted.
Now, 20 pagesperdaymayseemlike a bigtask, buthere's whatthatmeant.
Event.
Aboutonehoursofreadingeverydayandatmosttwohours, and I'm not a fastreader.
I finishedthatbookandstartedapplyingtojumpsbasedonthepremisethat I hadreadthebookandthat I wasabouttostartmysoftwareengineeringprogram.
And I actuallygot a fewresponses, butnojob.
Duringthenexttwomonthswhenschoolstartedbecause I hadalreadyreadthebook, I didn't reallyneedtospendmuchtimeonschool, so I spentmostofmytimebuildingmyapp.
Then, duringthesecondmonthofftryingtoget a job, I finishedmyappandit's calledextralog, andit's stilljustanabsolutebasicbetaversionofwhatmyvisionisfor.
But I builtitinEdward's studioonusingJava, and I gotitpublishedtotheGoogleplaystore.
Rightafterhavingdonethis, I startedapplyingagainforjobs, andthistime I got a fewinterviewsbutnojob.
So I decidedtostartbuildingtheiPhoneversionofmyinordertoincreasemyknowledgebaseandbuildmyresumewithinthenextthreeorfourweeks.
I managedtopublishtheIOSversionoffmyEx a log, and I publishedittotheAPPstore.
Andonce I'vedonethis, I startedcallingsomeofthecompaniesthat I'vegottencallsfromandinterviewsfromfrommypreviousjobapplication.
Andmostofthemweren't interestedinmestill, butonestartup, Waasand I cameinforaninterviewandendedupgettingoffered a jobas a frontandWebdeveloper, whichisanareathat I didn't haveanypreviousexperience.
Andsothatishow I wentfromzeroprogrammingexperiencetoworkingatas a frontendWebdeveloperstarted.
I hopeyougotsomethingoutofthisvideo, andifthere's anythingthatyouwouldlikeformetoemake a videoonthefuture, thenjustleave a commentandmaybe I willonthat's it.
Sohow I gotintoprogrammingis a bitofanoldstory, and I thinkit's quitedifferentfrommostpeoplegetintoprogrammingbecause I wentfromstudyingexercisescience, too.
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